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The Sahel, just south of the Sahara Desert, has long been threatened by jihadist insurgencies. The terror has now come to Burkina Faso, costing 3,000 lives already this year. And K-Cars are taking rural America by storm - but with their increasing popularity comes new competition for American car makers.

Florida’s governor has made a headline-grabbing rightward lurch as part of a presumed bid for the White House. But both Mr DeSantis’s critics and his donors are starting to think he has overplayed his hand. Our correspondent finds that jihadist violence has, as was long feared, come to Burkina Faso. And rural America’s love affair with Japan’s tiny Kei trucks.

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